The
name is (Welsh, Cornish) Also Gwenhwyfar, Gueneve, and Gwenivere. Her
name means "white shadow". She was the sovereign power behind
King Arthur's throne. While the Camelot stories surrounding her, King
Arthur, and his rivals, are romantic in nature, these modern
incarnations demean the status of the sovereign Goddess in their
telling. She was the sovereign who gave Arthur his right to rule simply
by being with him. When she left him he pursued her both for love, and
because without her his kingdom would crumble for lack of continuity.
The role of Goddess of sovereignty is more clearly seen in her legends
than in many others. Her duty is to blend the king's energy with the
energy of the land. It is in many myths that when the king forgets where
his true power comes from, the queen will seek other champions and
lovers to remind him as she once gladly did.